Deliveryman of the Heaven

"First of all, you have to understand what this special job of the executioner means. There was an old saying in the market, saying that it was specially used to stir up trouble. The occupation of money, the executioner's knife, the coroner's eye, the craftsmanship of the paper man, the needlework of the second skin craftsman. These are the four very special jobs of the ancient era, ordinary people cannot touch them. "    

    

"This sentence, the executioner's sword. It was about the executioner's ghost-head knife. In ancient times, there was a saying that the sword had killed over a hundred people. This family's ancestors had been executioners for generations and generations. The blade handed down from the family was extraordinary, and was known to be a baleful weapon of great evil! In ancient times, people were all chasing after this blade. They believed that this blade could guard the mansion against evil. "There are also people who believe that this blade can cut down ghosts and souls, making it a rare magical tool."    

    

"However, in the five thousand years of its history, there has never been a very famous Murderous Blade that has a very clear record. Do you know why?"    

    

Mr Legendary nodded: "I know about that. Because the profession of the executioner injured one's conscience, those who studied this profession had no descendants and had very few descendants. Therefore, it was very difficult to pass on a killing knife. The executioner has a rule that there is no more than a hundred deaths and that no more than 99 deaths will be buried. Even if the executioner has a grandson, he will not pass it on to his own people and he will take in a disciple to pass on this profession! "    

    

The Old Master nodded: "Mn, that is indeed the truth. Because of this, I wasn't too affected after the murder knife was stolen. Firstly, that killing knife was only a killing knife. There was no craftsmanship, moreover, it was from the Late Qing Dynasty, and its age was also not high enough. As for the earlier killing knives, they were usually buried by the blade, and would not be passed down as a family heirloom! "    

    

Weiqing continued to ask: "You mean it's not easy to find a killing blade?"    

    

Old Master nodded: "Of course."    

    

"Other than the rule mentioned by this little brother, there is a second rule. That was that they never sharpened their knives. More accurately, they sharpened their blades once when they stepped onto the path of martial arts. Then, they sharpened their blades once again when Feng Dao was buried. This could be considered the beginning and the end! Although executioners engage in beheading, they are only following orders to kill. If one's sharpening the blade is too much, that is to increase one's sin and become an accomplice, so it is not the executioner who kills, it is the blade that kills! "    

    

Weiqing asked: "Can't you find someone to grind the sword for you?"    

    

Old Master laughed: "Your executioner is naturally not willing to hone his blade, and the others definitely won't! Because this blade killed too many people and had too much resentment, ordinary people could not touch it. Therefore, the executioner would rather the blade was blunt than sharpen it. Furthermore, they also have an unwritten rule: once a blade is chopped down, the head cannot be chopped off. Whether the strength is insufficient or the killing knife is too slow, they have to wash their hands off of it.    

    

"So that means no matter how slow this blade is, once it is sharpened, he will become angry at something that is not clean?"    

    

Old Master looked at Weiqing with a bit of surprise. He didn't know why he was entangled with this question, but he nodded his head in the end. Whether it was a civil official or a loyal official, as long as the executioner raised his hand, the blade would fall. Very few executioners would be able to do this for long. In reality, the absolute number of executioners had already stopped before ninety-nine. Therefore, to an executioner, they rarely worry about the lack of sharpness of the blade. The executioner may seem simple, but in reality, he is still a peerless existence. "    

    

Weiqing asked: "You mean to say that you need to undergo special training, right?"    

    

"Of course. Do you know where the killing knife came from? In the early days, when a butcher donated it to the collection, in addition to the killing knife, there was actually a training manual stolen. However, the training manual was not in the collection, but in my office. However, I still remember some of the words on it. "    

    

"Don't talk to others, don't pay attention to people who have cheated, don't pay attention. In front of the guillotine was a dead man, returning to the Heaven's End Road from the peak. The blade must be polished to the point where it could be seen. The blade could cut through metal like mud, and the tip of the blade must enter the wood by at least three points before it could be taken out! The hand raises the knife falls, the garment leaves no mark, never procrastinate, must not injure oneself. Their training was also very simple. They would either find winter melons, tie some red strings around the melon, raise their hands, chop down along the red lines, and it would be considered a success, or they would either find water tofu to practice their sabresmanship! "    

    

"As such, the executioner's blade technique is actually quite good. There are rarely any mistakes."    

    

Weiqing said softly.    

    

The words of the Old Master caused Weiqing to believe more and more that the theft in the library ten years ago was related to the three murders right now.    

    

A thief walked into the collection and took away the only killing knife. It could be said that the thief didn't know what was good for him and liked to collect things like swords and sabers. However, this thief had even brought a training manual with him, which meant that not only did the thief have the ability to break through the security system of the museum, the thief also had a clear goal — he was here for the Knife of Killings!    

    

With the training method, the thief's target was naturally to retrain his lost profession, the executioner!    

    

It was no longer a feudal society. Practicing the hand of the executioner was clearly useless, so what did this thief want to do?    

    

"If the thief back then was the culprit behind these three murders? Then who was this person? If the Old Lady Shi was not harmed, Shi Tianfu would be the most suspicious! But now that the Old Lady Shi has died miserably under the evil blade, then Shi Tianfu will no longer be suspicious. But, if the filial son Shi Tianfu is really the murderer, and he dared to raise the butcher's blade to his own mother, then that person is truly terrifying! " When Weiqing thought about the possibility that Shi Tianfu was the culprit, his entire body shivered and he immediately threw out this absurd idea.    

    

Shi Tianfu was someone that the Old Lady Shi brought up by picking up trash, and Shi Tianfu could be considered a filial son, constantly protecting his mother, all these years he had even served this old man alone. If Shi Tianfu killing his own mother, no one would believe him even if this were to spread, right?    

    

The most important thing was his motivation, but what was Shi Tianfu's motive for killing his mother?    

    

"Old Master, you said that the killing knife was donated by a butcher. Can you reveal your life?" Weiqing asked.    

    

Old Master nodded: "Mn, he had a chat with me a few days ago. "It's that Pork Deng from the Southern Cuisine Market. His real name seems to be …" Weiqing was shocked, and asked: "The butcher you spoke of, could he be that Deng Gonghai?"    

    

Old Master slapped his thigh and laughed: "That's him!"    

    

Weiqing's face sunk as he said: "Last night, his family of four was killed, decapitated and decapitated!"    

    

"This... "This …" Weiqing's words nearly made Old Master fall out of his seat. His face was pale as he asked: "What exactly happened here? A few days ago, he came to me and said that he had a feeling that someone was secretly following him and wanted to take his life.    

    

Weiqing took a deep breath and said, "Is there such a thing?"